About
Compass Healthcare Collaborative is dedicated to sustainable healthcare transformation. Compass has a long history of serving as a prime contractor for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), building and sustaining large networks to raise the standard of care. Compass has been working with hospitals, clinicians and communities to help them thrive in a value-based environment and devise new solutions to today’s challenges.
Since 2004, Compass has been working with providers, payers, patients, businesses, government and communities in new ways to improve healthcare outcomes, services and cost. Compass' experience and expertise gives the organization an unparalleled advantage to serve communities – delivering exceptional results for better care, healthier people and smarter spending.
Mission Statement
Compass Healthcare Collaborative is a provider-led, patient-focused nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to sustainable healthcare transformation. Created in 2004 through a partnership between the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) and the Iowa Medical Society (IMS), Compass uses a multi-stakeholder approach to bring together and engage providers, hospitals, payers, businesses, communities and government. These partnerships enable Compass to rapidly deploy best practices, use data to effect change, enable cross-sector collaboration and ultimately raise the quality, safety and value of healthcare in Iowa and across the nation.
Compass' work is anchored in its mission, vision and cornerstones. Simply put, Compass' goal is better care, better outcomes.
Mission
Lead Sustainable Healthcare Transformation in Quality, Safety, and Value
Vision
A Collaborative Culture of Continuous Improvement that Drives the Most Effective and Efficient Care
Cornerstones
- Raise the Standard of Care
- Align and Equip Providers for Continuous Improvement
- Engage the Community for Sustainable Healthcare Transformation
- Promote Data-Driven Performance Improvement